Spovy party (the Wednesday before break even started)
Getting closer to my Leichtathletik friends...
eating and drinking more traditional German Christmas cakes and drinks...
dancing...
having a successful school and sport filled day to follow.
Metal/heavy rock concert with Sarah and Marvin
Lady with really big shoes gave me free tickets...
(she also bought me a drink)...
good pre-band and regular band...
crazy drunk guy...
touching all of the band members because they crowd surfed...
such nice people!
Three day long christmas with my host family
(Marion’s parents and sister joined us, along with Sarah’s boyfriend)...
Lots and lots of traditional German Christmas food...
lots and lots of relaxing...
opening presents together on Christmas Eve...
(Haircut money, a map to keep track of my travels, and met)
Sarah and Marvin gave us a fire breathing show...
orgasmic tiramisu...
Grandpa is a funny guy!
The only thing in the country of Germany open in the three days dedicated to Christmas
are the movie theaters
(Saw ‘Der Medicos’ and found it very interesting).
Going to the Erfurt Zoo with Carol and her nieces
me in charge of navigating often means getting a little lost before finding the right way...
lots of cool animals...
Best friends with the youngest girl...
-She does everything soo slowly...
-She became best friends with the crocodile...
-She thought feeding poop to the goats would be a good idea...
-Such a hilarious little person...
First time in IKEA (it’s way larger than I imagined).
Meeting Magdalena after the zoo to show her some of Jena’s night life
Going to the top of the Intershop Tower...
bar hopping...
playing darts...
making a lot of new friends in Zapata!
Amazing Silvester week with some of the most friendly, hilarious Germans I have met so far and will definitely never forget
Making sure all of the ‘kids’ get to sleep in the same room, as tradition states...
driving to ice skating is almost as fun as actually ice skating (blasting and singing music
with the windows down really shocks the average German)...
ice skating...
‘shopping’...
many many many game-filled nights...
hiking a mountain (really relaxed and beautiful at first , but slippery and brutally
weathered at the top)...
potato soup...
visiting a nearby city...
sitting in a cafe (exposing Marion to my favorite drink and eating a potato swan)...
I really like playing Dog if Max is on my team!
Basically spending a day in a whirlpool at a local swim hall...
home movies of the past years they have spent together...
my ‘professional’ presentation about my life in the US
(DORIE, STRICK!)...
Children vs. Adult competition...
climbing a little mountain and sitting in a field to watch fireworks from all around the city...
first hug of the new year from Consti and Pascal...
more games until the break of dawn...
heartfelt conversations with Ellie...
last breakfast and lunch together...
lots of love and sad goodbyes.
Treffen with exchange students from South America who reached the end of their stays in January...
Fritz Mitte...
Bar hopping starting at noon...
ice cream...
‘cocker spaniel’ found by the Irish Pub...
always have to end the night with my favorite place and spend a lot of special time there...
singing in the rain (without rain)...
saying our goodbyes (which didn’t end up being out final goodbyes, but were still sad).
Visiting my friends from New Years
Five hours of Dog is too much...
a lot of relaxed time...
really good German food...
in love with Laura’s piano playing!
the Völkerschlachtdenkmal has a lot of stairs...
won gift card for a photo shoot...
these friends are so nice and treat me to everything...
fantastic night in Leipzig with Ellie (wandering, playing games in McDonald’s, and
dancing).
Going back to school is always so hard after so much well-spent time away.
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